St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-05-01
Public Buildings.

Though but little more than munic-
ipal infant, Minneapolis has reared
along her business thoroughfareS mag
nificent buildings, which are mOnu-
mentS to her vigorous enterprise. Not
able among these are:
The West hotel, which citizens of
Gotham, of the Garden City, and the
Golden Gate unite in naming the great
est and the best.
The Lumbermens' exchange, whose
ten stories fill the soul of the rural Wis
itor with wonder and admiration.
The Boston block, which, having
emerged from baptism of fire, has
risen in its regeneration, and is now the
peer of any Office building in the West
Temple court, the home of the lawyer,
the money loaner and the real estate
man.
The Union station, where the visitor
gets high opinion of Minneapolis from
the lofty walls of the great waiting
room.
Window block, displaying the most
perfect example of Gothic architecture
of anything in the city.
The Morrison building, uniquely ga
bled above its six stories of red brick.
The Minnesota Loan and Trust build
ing, presenting front of polished pill
lars and wonderful carving.
The new Minneapolis bank building,
which seems seven-StOry mass of plate
glass.
The Stillman and Collum blocks and
the Citizens bank building, fine exam
pies of modern renaissance.
The Syndicate block, suggestive of
immense business prosperity.
The Kenyon. Best, Side. Sixties, Lind
ley, Mackey, Mccormick, Kasota, Ard
more and a number of other massive
structures bear silent testimony to the
greatness of Minneapolis.
The Tribune building, which, when
completed, will be one of the chief arch
itectual ornaments of the city.
The chamber of commerce and the
corn exchange, scenes of busy business
activity.
WEALTH.
Minneapolis occupies an envious pc
sition among the cities of the United
States as center of wealth.
According to Bradstreet'S Commercial
agency, there are in Minneapolis 4,2lS
firms, whose aggregate average of rat
ings is placed at SOL. 5l6, 900.
In addition to this the amount of
capital invested in banking is s.. 229, 800.
Twenty-three Minneapolis firms are
rated at sl,O0O,00O each by Bradstreet.
Thirteen Minneapolis business con-
Germs are good for over $500, 600 each.
Fifteen Minneapolis firms are worth
over S6o0,000.
SiXty-nine business firms of Mime
apolis are credited with from $3.50, 0eo to
$40e, 600.
One hundred and thirty-nine Mime
apolis firms are COED for between Size,
and 5000
There are forty millisnaires residing
in Minneapolis.
REALTY.
Many fortunes have been made in
Minneapolis real estate investments,
and the activity in this line is as great
now as in the palmiest days Of the city's
"boOm."
Minneapolis is one of the few cities
that have out-lived and Out-grown that
perniciouS period when real estate val
ueS are largely speculative.
The prices now ruling in Minneapolis
real estate represent the genuine value
of property, and the business is con-
Quoted on the soundest possible basis.
There were i'll 1886 ,493 real estate
transfers made in Minneapolis, repre-
Senting total valuation of S3e, S3S3} ,T7S.
For the week ending April II. the
value of real estate sold in Minneapolis
was 1884, S97.
There are $4,000 lots in the city of
Minneapolis.
Minneapolis is growing much more
rapidly than Kansas City, but prices of
real estate are very much less.
There were 4,503 buildings erected in
Minneapolis in 1886 at total cost of So
O99,052.
The present season promises to be
more active i'll realty and building than
last year.
ENTERPRISE.
Minneapolis owes its greatness to the
public spirit and enterprise of its citi-
Zens. This has been exemplified in
many striking instances.
The Industrial Exposition is a fair
exponent of Minneapolis enterprise.
The great building was begun in April,
1886, and in less than six months the first
exposition was being held in the COM
pleted structure.
Three hundred and forty thousand
people attended the Exposition last
year.
The art display was the greatest ever
seen in the Northwest. 1t included
2,022 works of art valued at S519,335.
The Exposition is the greatest possible
advertisement that city's public spirit
could devise.
A new boulevard, graded and planted
hnd all complete, will be presented to